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A ski course worker waits with a shovel under heavy snow fall just before the start of the second run of the women's giant slalom at the Sochi 2014 Winter Olympics, Tuesday, Feb. 18, 2014, in Krasnaya Polyana, Russia.
(Associated Press)

As we have in recent Winter Olympics, the United States won gold in the first freestyle skiing halfpipe competition held during the games.

David Wise of Reno took gold in the middle of a surprise snowstorm with a strong first run in the finals.

From 2002-2010, nine individual events were added to the Winter Olympics and the United States won the initial gold medal six times.

Following U.S. gold medals in the 2014 debuts of snowboarding slopestyle, Wise put up the second-best run in qualifying and scored 92 points on his open run of the finals to win. Expect NBC to hit upon Wise's family man style that was featured on the "Today" show.

WEATHER MAKES FOR MAGIC, MAYHEM

Winter weather made a rare appears in the Sochi mountains Tuesday.

The introduction of natural snow brought mixed results. For the freestyle skiers in the halfpipe, the fresh snow made it more difficult to maintain their speed. The snow slowed cross country skiers and made shooting very important for the biathlon, that had been postponed for two days. But the fresh snow should be a blessing for skiers Wednesday.

Expect NBC to highlight the only day of snow Sochi is expected to see.

And the Olympics are on! It's dumping snow, but is stomped a solid first run when it was kinda fast. On to finals! pic.twitter.com/mQkcQqGxNW

NOT LOLO

For two Summer Olympics, NBC tried to make a star out of hurdler Lolo Jones. After striking out on medals, Jones moved to the bobsled and made the third U.S. sled.

Track athletes on bobsled teams are nothing new. But Jones isn't the only 2012 Summer Olympian on the U.S. women's bobsled team. Lauryn Williams, who had a silver in 2004 100 meters and a gold in 2012 400 relay, is in the U.S. top sled with Elana Meyers driving. Williams and Meyers are first after two of four runs in the two-woman event.

Any medal would make Williams the fifth athlete to win medals in the Winter and Summer Olympics. If Williams wins gold, she would become just the second athlete to win gold medals in both games.

The other ... Eddie Eagan won the light-heavyweight boxing title in the 1920 Summer Olympics and was on the four-man bobsled champs in 1932.